Master’s in Performance Improvement - HPI699 Capstone Project – Five P’s for Strategy- Mintzberg
** For those of you not wanting, or having the time to read the metric ton of required reading for this course, the following are a list of week 1 notes. All of these notes will be applicable to each of the weekly written assignments and final project.
Required Readings that these notes pertain to
Mintzberg, H. (1987). The Strategy Concept I: Five P's for Strategy. California Management Review, 11-21.

Masters in Performance Improvement - HPI699 Capstone Project Five Ps for Strategy- Mintzberg** For those of you not wanting, or having the time to read the metric ton of required reading for this course, the following are a list of week 1 notes. All of these notes will be applicable to each of the weekly written assignments and final project. Required Readings that these notes pertain to Mintzberg, H. (1987). The Strategy Concept I: Five P's for Strategy. California Management Review, 11-21.5 Definitions for Strategy 1. Plan 2. Ploy3. Pattern4. Position5. Perspective STRATEGY AS PLANStrategy IS a planCorporations have a STRATEGY to capture a market STRATEGIES HAVE 2 CHARACTERISTICS1. Made in advance 2. Developed consciously and purposefully STRATEGIES IN MANAGEMENTStrategy is unified, comprehensive, and integrated plan designed to ensure basic objectives are achieved STRATEGIES CAN BE GENERAL OR SPECIFICA strategy can be a ploy Maneuver intended to outwit an opponent or competitor Deliberate Strategies Intentions that existed previously were realized, from emergent strategies where patterns developed in the absence of intentions, or